DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 6 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2021 Additional vaccines doses to low and lower-middle income countries, UCPM reinforcement and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue
Date: 2021-10-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission
Subjects: amending budget, budgetary resources, coronavirus disease, draft budget (EU), epidemic, financial year, general budget (EU), plastics, sustainable fisheries, vaccine

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 8.10.2021  COM(2021) 955 final 2021/0326 (BUD)    DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 6 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2021  Additional vaccines doses to low and lower-middle income countries, UCPM reinforcement and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue                  
 
 
Having regard to: 

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the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in 
conjunction  with  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Atomic  Energy  Community,  and  in 
particular Article 106a thereof, 

Council  Decision  (EU,  Euratom)  2020/2053  of  14  December  2020  on  the  system  of  own 
resources of the European Union1, entered into force  on 1 June 2021 (ORD 2020), 

Regulation  (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 
July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (…)2, and in 
particular Article 44 thereof, 

the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2021,  as  adopted  on  18 
December 20203, 
amending budget No°1/20214, adopted on 18 May 2021, 
amending budget No°2/20215, adopted on 06 July 2021, 
amending budget No°3/20216, adopted on 15 September 2021, 
draft amending budget No°4/20217, adopted on 2 July 2021, 
draft amending budget No°5/20218, adopted on 9 July 2021, 

The  European  Commission  hereby  presents  to  the  European  Parliament  and  to  the  Council  Draft 
Amending Budget No°6/2021 to the 2021 budget. 

CHANGES TO THE STATEMENT OF REVENUE BY SECTION 

The  changes  to  the  general  statement  of  revenue  and  in  section  III  are  available  on  EUR-Lex 
(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm). 

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Council  Decision  (EU,  Euratom)  2020/2053  of  14  December  2020  on  the  system  of  own  resources  of  the 
European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom, OJ L 424, 15.12.2020. 
Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  2018/1046  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  18  July  2018  on  the 
financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 
1301/2013,  (EU)  No  1303/2013,  (EU)  No  1304/2013,  (EU)  No  1309/2013,  (EU)  No  1316/2013,  (EU)  No 
223/2014,  (EU)  No  283/2014,  and  Decision  No  541/2014/EU  and  repealing  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  No 
966/2012, OJ L 193, 30.7.2018. 
OJ L 93, 17.3.2021. 
OJ L 266, 26.7.2021. 
OJ L 322, 13.9.2021. 
OJ L XXX, XX.X.2021. 
COM(2021) 444 final. 
COM(2021) 460 final. 

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Table of Contents 

1. 

INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................3 

2.  GLOBAL COVID-19 VACCINES ....................................................................................................................3 

3.  REINFORCEMENT OF THE UNION CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM (UCPM/RESCEU) ..........................4 

4.  SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS (SFPAS) ..............................................................6 

5.  APPLICATION ARTICLES 14 AND 26 CPR AND IMPACT ON THE NOMENCLATURE STRUCTURE ...............6 

6.  UPDATE OF THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE UPDATED FORECAST FOR THE 
PLASTICS-BASED OWN RESOURCE ........................................................................................................................7 

7.  ADAPTATION OF BUDGETARY REMARKS FOR THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND .......................... 11 

8.  FINANCING .................................................................................................................................................. 11 

9.  SUMMARY TABLE BY MFF HEADING ........................................................................................................ 12 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1.  INTRODUCTION 

The purpose of Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 6 for the year 2021 is to provide additional 
appropriations  to  speed  up  global  vaccinations,  cover  activations  under  the  Union  Civil 
Protection  Mechanism  and  expenditure  arising  from  external  fisheries  agreements,  as  well  as 
some adjustments to expenditure and revenue. 

In particular, it covers the following elements: 

 

 

 

reinforcement  of  the  Neighbourhood  Development  and  International  Cooperation 
Instrument – Global Europe9 for an amount of EUR 450 million in commitment and in 
payment appropriations in the context of the COVID-19 global health response to donate 
200  million  Covid-19  vaccine  doses  to  low  and  lower-middle  income  countries  by  the 
middle of next year; 

reinforcement  of  the  Union  Civil  Protection  Mechanism  (UCPM/rescEU)10  for  an 
amount of EUR 57,8 million in commitment appropriations to provide additional funding 
to  cover new emergencies including repatriation flights  from  Afghanistan, the response 
in Haiti following the recent earthquake and outstanding operations including forest fires 
whose costs exceed the existing availablities until the end of the year; 

increase  of  the  level  of  commitment  appropriations  on  the  Sustainable  Fisheries 
Partnership  Agreements  (SFPA)  budget  line  for  an  amount  of  EUR  3,5  million 
considering the updated budget needs following the conclusion of the negotiations on the 
new protocols with Cook Islands and Mauritania; 

  adjustment of the budgetary nomenclature following specific Member States requests to 
transfer resources pursuant to Article 26 of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR)11; 

  update of the revenue side of the budget to take account of the revised estimates of own 

resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste. 

Overall, the net impact of this DAB on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 473,5 million 
in commitment appropriations. No additional payment appropriations are requested. 

2.  GLOBAL COVID-19 VACCINES 

Given that less than 1% of global doses of vaccine for COVID-19 have been administered in low 
and  lower-middle  income  countries,  there  is  a  clear  and  pressing  need  to  speed  up  global 

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Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the 
Neighbourhood,  Development  and  International  Cooperation  Instrument  –  Global  Europe,  amending  and 
repealing  Decision  No  466/2014/EU  and  repealing  Regulation  (EU)  2017/1601  and  Council  Regulation 
(EC, Euratom) No 480/2009, OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1. 
Regulation  (EU)  2021/836  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  20  May  2021  amending 
Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism, OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1. 
Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down 
common  provisions  on  the  European  Regional  Development  Fund,  the  European  Social  Fund  Plus,  the 
Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and 
financial rules  for those and for the  Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund 
and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy, OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 
159. 

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vaccinations. The EU has already committed to share 250 million doses. In order to provide an 
additional  200  million  doses  to  low  and  lower-middle  income  countries,  EUR  1,3  billion  will 
need to be mobilised. This is proposed to be financed notably via the remaining amounts in the 
Emergency  Support  Instrument  and  a  transfer  from  the  Neighbourhood  Development  and 
International  Cooperation  Instrument  –  Global  Europe  (NDICI-GE)  cushion.  In  order  to 
complement these two contributions and reach the EUR 1,3 billion and considering there is no 
margin left in Heading 6 and no further possibilities for redeployments have been identified, the 
Commission proposes to mobilise EUR 450 million in commitment and payment appropriations 
from  the  Flexibility  Instrument12.  This  will  enable  immediate  action  to  roll  out  another  200 
million vaccine doses in the first half of 2022. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
14 02 02 40 
Total 

People — Global Challenges 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

450 000 000 
450 000 000 

450 000 000 
450 000 000 

The  payment  appropriations  can  be  offset  by  a  corresponding  reduction  of  the  “Rural 
development  types  of  interventions  —  2014-2022  programmes”  under  the  EAFRD.  This 
reduction  is  justified  by  the  COVID-19  EAFRD  lump-sum  payments  to  farmers  and  food 
processing  SMEs  below  the  maximum  threshold  of  2%  of  the  EAFRD  allocations  for  the 
majority of the programmes that applied for it. In addition, the late adoption of the prolongation 
of the rural development programmes under the CAP Transitional Regulation has also resulted 
in  lower  payments  on  the  2021  EAFRD  allocation.  Based  on  the  declarations  of  expenditure 
received so far and on an analysis of Member States' most recent forecasts submitted by the end 
of  August  2021,  the  surplus  identified  amounts  to  EUR  617  million.  The  part  of  this  surplus 
which is not included in this DAB (EUR 167 million) is included in the Global transfer (DEC 
20/2021). 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
08 03 01 02 
Total 

Rural development types of interventions — 2014-2022 programmes 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

0 
0 

-450 000 000 
-450 000 000 

3.  REINFORCEMENT OF THE UNION CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM (UCPM/RESCEU) 

Following another semester of exceptional  number of requests for assistance under the UCPM 
due  to  Covid-19,  including  one  of  the  biggest  operation  in  the  history  of  the  UCPM  for  the 
benefit of India and Nepal, UCPM/rescEU has been activated over the summer for evacuations 
from  Afghanistan,  operations  in  Haiti  following the  recent  earthquake  and  fighting  forest  fires 
and consequences of floods in Europe. Additionally, activations are expected before the end of 
the year following the tropical cyclones season in the Latin-American region and in the Pacific. 
In  2021,  the  number  of  requests  for  assistance  to  the  UCPM  is  expected  to  surpass  the 
exceptional level of 2020 (102 requests that year). In total, as of 29 September 2021, 91 requests 
for  assistance  have  been  submitted  to  the  UCPM.  Overall,  ensuring  an  appropriate  response 
under  the  UCPM  will  require  additional  commitment  appropriations  estimated  at  EUR  57,8 

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Art.  12  of  Council  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  2020/2093  of  17  December  2020  laying  down  the 
multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027, OJ L 433I , 22.12.2020, p. 11. 

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million.  The  current  level  of  available  payment  appropriations  is  sufficient  to  fulfil  payment 
obligations until the end of the year. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
06 05 01 
Total 

Union Civil Protection Mechanism (rescEU) 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

57 811 000 
57 811 000 

0 
0 

Given that two sources of redeployment have been identified in the current budget, it is proposed 
to finance EUR 37,8 million of the additional need by a redeployment of respectively EUR 20 
million  in  commitment  appropriations  from  the  European  Centre  for  Disease  Prevention  and 
Control  (ECDC)  and  EUR  17,8  million  in  commitment  appropriations  from  the  Union 
contribution to the European Medicines Agency (EMA). 

The  ECDC  was  reinforced  in  amending  budget  1/2021  for  three  specific  COVID-19  response 
related  activities  for  a  total  amount  of  EUR  106  million  in  2021  commitment  and  payment 
appropriations:  

  outsourced whole genome sequencing for which EUR 12 million are now returned by the 

agency, due to a lower sequencing rate;  

  national  infrastructure  support  for  which  EUR  6  million  are  returned  as  a  result  of  a 

lower interest from Member States and EEA countries;  

  and  cross-border  capacity-building  support  for  which  EUR  2  million  is  returned  as  a 

result of the on-going procurement.  

The  ECDC  managed  to  implement  EUR  86  million  in  commitments  and  payments  and  has 
signalled a surplus in 2021 of EUR 20 million. The corresponding payments are made available 
in  the  Global  transfer.  EUR  10  million  will  still  be  needed  and  will  be  proposed  to  be  made 
available again in 2022. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
06 10 01 
Total 

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

-20 000 000 
-20 000 000 

0 
0 

The  EMA  has  identified  a  surplus  of  EUR  17,8  million  in  commitment  and  payment 
appropriations.  This  results  from  IT  developments  and  investments  related  to  EMA’s  new 
mandate.  The  agency  has  started  and  progressed  well  on  the  detailed  specifications  for  the  IT 
developments  related  to  the  new  tasks,  but  will not  be  in  a  position  to make all the budgetary 
commitments  already  in  2021.  The  EUR  17,8  million  will  be  proposed  to  be  made  available 
again in 2022 - 2023. 

The corresponding payments are made available in the Global transfer. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
06 10 03 01 
Total 

Union contribution to the European Medicines Agency 

5 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

-17 811 000 
-17 811 000 

0 
0 

 
 
 
 
 
Considering the redeployments as detailed above, there is an additional need for funding in 2021 
of EUR 20 million. Given the absence of a margin in Sub-heading 2b, it is proposed to mobilise 
the Flexibility instrument for this reinforcement. 

4.  SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS (SFPAS) 

The Commission has reviewed the overall budget needs for 2021, taking into account: 

 

 

 

 

the conclusion of the negotiations with Cook Islands and Mauritania of the Sustainable 
Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs),  

the  corresponding  agreements  and  protocols  are  expected  to  enter  into  provisional 
application mid-November 2021;  

the delayed signature of some protocols (Kiribati, Madagascar, Liberia, all postponed to 
2022-2023); and  

the savings made on the agreements with Greenland and Gabon that were signed for an 
annual fee lower than initially forecast.  

The combined impact results in an additional need for around EUR 3,5 million in commitment 
appropriations, proposed to be taken from the margin under Heading 3. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
08 05 01 

Establishing  a  governance  framework  for  fishing  activities  carried  out  by 
Union fishing vessels in third-country waters 

Total 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

3 487 290 

3 487 290 

0 

0 

Considering the Council decision for both agreements is adopted in October and will be in force 
at the time of the adoption of this DAB, the appropriations are proposed to be inscribed directly 
on the main operational line. 

5.  APPLICATION ARTICLES 14 AND 26 CPR AND IMPACT ON THE NOMENCLATURE STRUCTURE 

Article  26  CPR  for  the  2021-27  period  foresees  that  Member  States  may  request  in  the 
Partnership Agreement or in a request for an amendment of a programme to transfer of up to 5% 
of  the  initial  national  allocation  of  each  Fund  to  any  other  instrument  under  direct  or  indirect 
management, or Funds under shared management. A similar possibility is foreseen in Article 14 
in  relation  to  transfers in the Partnership Agreement of up to  2%  of the initial  allocation from 
ERDF, ESF+, CF and EMFAF to InvestEU. 

The  programming  exercise  is  ongoing  and  several  Member  States  have  already  requested  or 
indicated their intention to use the provisions of Articles 14 and 26 and make such transfers of 
resources. In order to implement these requests and respect the MFF ceilings and in line with the 
approach  taken  for  the  transfers  from  ERDF  and  ESF+  to  the  JTF  and  from  CF  to  the 
Connecting Europe Facility, the Commission proposes creating 18 new budget lines within the 
relevant programmes (without appropriations) as follows: 

 EUR 

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Budget line 

Name 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

Section III – Commission 
05 02 06 
05 02 07 

InvestEU Fund — Contribution from the ERDF 
Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) — Contribution from the 
ERDF 
EMFAF — Contribution from the ERDF 
Horizon Europe — Contribution from the ERDF 
Digital Europe — Contribution from the ERDF 
InvestEU Fund — Contribution from the CF 
Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) — Contribution from the 
CF 
EMFAF — Contribution from the CF 
Horizon Europe — Contribution from the CF 
Digital Europe — Contribution from the CF 
InvestEU Fund — Contribution from the ESF+ 
Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) — Contribution from the 
ESF+ 
EMFAF — Contribution from the ESF+ 
Horizon Europe — Contribution from the ESF+ 
Digital Europe — Contribution from the ESF+ 
Erasmus+ — Contribution from the ESF+ 
InvestEU Fund — Contribution from the EMFAF 
Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) — Contribution from the 
EMFAF 

05 02 08 
05 02 09 
05 02 10 
05 03 04 
05 03 05 

05 03 06 
05 03 07 
05 03 08 
07 02 08 
07 02 09 

07 02 10 
07 02 11 
07 02 12 
07 02 13 
08 04 04  
08 04 05 

Total 

p.m. 
p.m. 

p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 

p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 

p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 

0 

p.m. 
p.m. 

p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 

p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 

p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 

0 

The  appropriations  will  be  transferred  to  these  lines  once  the  Partnership  Agreements  are 
adopted.  

The corresponding budgetary remarks are provided in the budgetary annex. 

6.  UPDATE OF THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE UPDATED FORECAST FOR 

THE PLASTICS-BASED OWN RESOURCE 

ORD 2020 was ratified by all Member States on 31 May 2021 and as a consequence entered into 
force  on  1  June  2021.  ORD  2020  has  established  a  new  own  resource  based  on  non-recycled 
plastic packaging waste. The Commission proposed to implement the impact of the ORD 2020 
in DAB 4. 

Non-recycled  plastic  packaging  waste  results  from  the  difference  between  plastic  packaging 
waste  and  the  recycled  quantity  thereof.  The  forecast  of  plastic  packaging  waste  used  by  the 
Commission is based on the following method: the annual growth rates of GNI in constant prices 
for 2017/2018-2021 according to the latest available Commission economic forecast are applied 
to the latest outturn data for plastic packaging waste.  

Member  States’  recycling  rates  are  assumed  to  follow  a  linear  convergence  path  between  the 
recycling rate based on the latest available outturn data (2017/2018) and the EU recycling target 
of 50 % to be met by 2025. The increase of recycling rates is capped at 2 percentage points per 
year to ensure a realistic convergence path. The recycling rate of Member States having already 
reached or surpassed the target in 2017/2018 is kept constant. 

Based on this method and including updated forecast bases provided by Luxembourg, Portugal 
and Romania, the forecast for all Member States was agreed in the 181st Advisory Committee on 
Own Resources (ACOR) meeting on 26 May 2021 and included in the DAB 4. 

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In  application  of  Article  15  of  the  Making  Available  Regulation  for  the  plastics-based  own 
resource  (‘MAR2’)13,  Member  States  were  invited  to  send  to  the  Commission  their  updated 
forecasts on the volume of non-recycled plastic packaging waste by 31 July 2021.  

The Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Slovakia sent their 
updated  forecasts  of  non-recycled  plastic  packaging  waste  for  2021  and  2022.  Belgium, 
Bulgaria, Poland and Sweden confirmed the forecast bases agreed during the ACOR meeting on 
26  May  2021.  The  remaining  Member  States  did  not  send  updated  forecasts  of  non-recycled 
plastic packaging waste for 2021 and 2022. 

In this context and as an exception from the annual ACOR forecasting procedure that takes place 
once a year in May, the Commission agreed with all Member States in the ACOR of September 
an updated set of forecasts for 2021 and 2022 for the non-recycled plastics-based own resource 
only. 

Compared to the results of the ACOR in May the updated forecast results in changes for several 
Member States. It leads to an overall increase of the non-recycled plastic packaging waste own 
resource  of  EUR  20  million.  The  GNI  resources  will  be  adjusted  downwards  by  the  same 
amount. 

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Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2021/770, OJ L 165, 11.5.2021, p. 15. 

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Plastics OR gross contribution  Plastics OR 
lump-sum 
correction 

May 
ACOR 

Sept. 
ACOR  Δ  %Δ 

Plastics OR 
net 
contribution 
(May ACOR/ 
DAB4) 

Plastics OR 
net 
contribution 
(Sept. 
ACOR) 

Difference 
in plastics 
OR 
contribution 

GNI 
contribution 
(May 
ACOR/ 
DAB4) 

GNI 
contribution 
(Sept. 
ACOR) 

Difference in GNI 
contribution due to 
revised plastics OR 
forecast14 

Total difference 
(plastics OR + GNI 
contribution) 

BE 

BG 

CZ 

DK 

DE 

EE 

IE 

EL 

ES 

FR 

HR 

IT 

CY 

LV 

LT 

LU 

HU 

MT 

NL 

AT 

PL 

PT 

  151 

  44 

  91 

  125 

 1 323 

  26 

  146 

  81 

  628 

  151 

0  0.0% 

  44 

  84 

0  0.0% 
-
8.1% 

-7 

  125 

0  0.0% 

 1 357  34  2.6% 

  26 

0  0.0% 

  146 

0  0.0% 

  81 

  621 

0  0.0% 
-
1.2% 

-7 

 1 247 

 1 247 

0  0.0% 

  29 

  933 

  6 

  21 

  20 

  14 

  185 

  9 

  205 

  148 

  489 

  199 

  31 

  928 

2  5.6% 
-
0.5% 

-5 

  6 

0  0.0% 

  21 

0  0.0% 

  20 

0  0.0% 

  14 

  182 

0  0.0% 
-
1.5% 

-3 

  9 

0  0.0% 

  205 

0  0.0% 

  156 

8  5.3% 

  489 

0  0.0% 

  199 

0  0.0% 

0 

22 

32 

0 

0 

4 

0 

33 

142 

0 

13 

184 

3 

6 

9 

0 

30 

1 

0 

0 

117 

31 

  151 

  22 

  59 

  125 

 1 323 

  22 

  146 

  48 

  486 

 1 247 

  16 

  749 

  3 

  15 

  11 

  14 

  155 

  7 

  205 

  148 

  372 

  167 

  151 

  22 

  52 

  125 

 1 357 

  22 

  146 

  48 

  479 

 1 247 

  18 

  744 

  3 

  15 

  11 

  14 

  152 

  7 

  205 

  156 

  372 

  167 

0 

0 

-7 

0 

34 

0 

0 

0 

-7 

0 

2 

-5 

0 

0 

0 

0 

-3 

0 

0 

8 

0 

0 

 4 049 

  534 

 1 816 

 2 803 

 4 048 

  534 

 1 815 

 2 803 

 30 221 

 30 216 

  237 

 2 462 

 1 444 

 10 143 

 20 795 

  446 

  237 

 2 462 

 1 444 

 10 141 

 20 792 

  446 

 14 771 

 14 769 

  179 

  258 

  415 

  362 

 1 180 

  104 

 6 985 

 3 287 

 4 404 

 1 771 

  179 

  258 

  415 

  362 

 1 180 

  104 

 6 983 

 3 287 

 4 404 

 1 771 

14   Compared to the GNI contribution in DAB 4/2001, which included the previous forecast of the plastics own resource. 

9 

-0.7 

-0.1 

-0.3 

-0.5 

-5.0 

0.0 

-0.4 

-0.2 

-1.7 

-3.4 

-0.1 

-2.5 

0.0 

0.0 

-0.1 

-0.1 

-0.2 

0.0 

-1.2 

-0.5 

-0.7 

-0.3 

-0.7 

-0.1 

-7.6 

-0.5 

29.1 

0.0 

-0.4 

-0.2 

-9.1 

-3.4 

1.6 

-7.1 

0.0 

0.0 

-0.1 

-0.1 

-3.0 

0.0 

-1.2 

7.4 

-0.7 

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2021 – Plastic packaging waste own resource - Impact compared to previous forecast  

Plastics OR gross contribution  Plastics OR 
lump-sum 
correction 

May 
ACOR 

Sept. 
ACOR  Δ  %Δ 

Plastics OR 
net 
contribution 
(May ACOR/ 
DAB4) 

Plastics OR 
net 
contribution 
(Sept. 
ACOR) 

Difference 
in plastics 
OR 
contribution 

GNI 
contribution 
(May 
ACOR/ 
DAB4) 

GNI 
contribution 
(Sept. 
ACOR) 

Difference in GNI 
contribution due to 
revised plastics OR 
forecast14 

Total difference 
(plastics OR + GNI 
contribution) 

RO 

SI 

SK 

FI 

SE 

  177 

  177 

0  0.0% 

  17 

  52 

  69 

  17 

  51 

0  0.0% 
-
3.2% 

-2 

  69 

0  0.0% 

  102 

  102 

0  0.0% 

60 

6 

17 

0 

0 

EU27 

 6 538 

 6 558  20  0.3% 

711 

  117 

  10 

  35 

  69 

  102 

 5 827 

  117 

  10 

  34 

  69 

  102 

 5 847 

0 

0 

-2 

0 

0 

20 

 1 941 

  405 

  795 

 2 106 

 4 510 

 1 941 

  405 

  795 

 2 106 

 4 509 

 118 424 

 118 405 

-0.3 

-0.1 

-0.1 

-0.3 

-0.7 

-20 

-0.3 

-0.1 

-1.8 

-0.3 

-0.7 

0.0 

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7.  ADAPTATION OF BUDGETARY REMARKS FOR THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 

The Commission proposes to modify the budget remark for the budget article 16 01 05 – Support 
expenditure for the European Development Fund.  

This  budget  line  is  used  to  pay  the  common  costs  of  Commission  staff  in  EU  Delegations.  In 
addition,  in  order  to  cater  for  the  phasing  out  of  activities  under  the  previous  African  Peace 
Facility  (APF),  part  of  the  European  Development  Fund  (EDF),  the  Commission  proposes  to 
adjust the budgetary remarks to provide that some limited (and decreasing, from 4 in 2021 to 0 
in 2025) number of staff at Headquarters will also be covered under this line for the period 2021-
2024 to ensure the transition to the new off-budget European Peace Facility (EPF). The updated 
budget remark is set out in the budgetary annex. 

8.  FINANCING 

Overall, the net impact of this DAB on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 473,5 million 
in commitment appropriations. No additional payment appropriations are requested. 

Given the absence of margins and room for redeployment under Sub-heading 2b and Heading 6 
of the MFF, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument in line with Article 
12 of the MFF Regulation in commitment appropriations for an amount of EUR 20 million for 
Sub-heading  2b  Resilience  and  Values  to  reinforce  the  Union  Civil  Protection  Mechanism 
(UCPM/rescEU) and EUR 450 million for Heading 6 Neighbourhood and the World to reinforce 
the NDICI-GE to provide financing for additional vaccines to low income countries.  

The  2021  payment  appropriations  related  to  the  mobilisation  of  the  Flexibility  Instrument  in 
2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 amount to EUR 1 286,7 million. The estimated payment schedule of 
the related outstanding amounts for these years is detailed in the following table: 

Mobilisation year 
2018 
2019 
2020 
2021 
Total 

Flexibility Instrument - payment profile 
2023 
0,0 
82,2 
39,9 
10,3 
132,5 

2021 
34,2 
135,2 
413,7 
703,7 
1 286,7 

2022 
0,0 
140,9 
66,2 
40,9 
248,0 

2024 
0,0 
0,0 
0,0 
7,6 
7,6 

Total 
34,2 
358,4 
519,8 
762,6 
1 674,9 

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9.  SUMMARY TABLE BY MFF HEADING 

Budget 2021 (incl. AB 1-3/2021, 
DABs 4-5/2021) 

Draft Amending Budget 
6/2021 

Budget 2021 (incl. AB 1-3/2021, 
DABs 4-6/2021) 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

20 816 559 767 

17 191 887 232 

20 816 559 767 

17 191 887 232 

In EUR 

Single 
Innovation 
Digital 

Market, 
and 

Ceiling 

20 919 000 000 

Margin 

102 440 233 

20 919 000 000 

102 440 233 

53 077 938 534 

66 361 525 904 

20 000 000 

53 097 938 534 

66 361 525 904 

1. 

2. 

Cohesion,  Resilience 
and Values 

Of which under 
Flexibility Instrument 

Ceiling 

52 786 000 000 

Margin 

484 000 

292 422 534 

20 000 000 

312 422 534 

52 786 000 000 

484 000 

2a. 

Economic,  social  and 
territorial cohesion 

48 190 516 000 

61 867 897 545 

48 190 516 000 

61 867 897 545 

Ceiling 

48 191 000 000 

Margin 

484 000 

48 191 000 000 

484 000 

2b.  Resilience and values 

4 887 422 534 

4 493 628 359 

20 000 000 

4 907 422 534 

4 493 628 359 

Of which under 
Flexibility Instrument 

Ceiling 

Margin 

3. 

Natural  Resources 
and Environment 

292 422 534 

4 595 000 000 

20 000 000 

312 422 534 

4 595 000 000 

58 570 566 908 

56 806 203 452 

3 487 290 

-450 000 000 

58 574 054 198 

56 356 203 452 

Ceiling 

58 624 000 000 

Margin 

53 433 092 

58 624 000 000 

49 945 802 

Of  which:  Market 
related  expenditure 
and direct payments 

40 367 954 000 

40 353 742 883 

40 367 954 000 

40 353 742 883 

EAGF sub-ceiling 

40 925 000 000 

40 925 000 000 

 Rounding difference 
excluded for 
calculating the sub-
margin 
 Net transfers between 
EAGF and EAFRD 
 Net balance available 
for EAGF expenditure 
(sub-ceiling corrected 
by transfers between 
EAGF and EAFRD) 

EAGF sub-margin 

4. 

Migration 
and 
Border Management 

557 046 000 

40 367 954 000 

557 046 000 

40 367 954 000 

2 278 829 759 

2 686 245 978 

2 278 829 759 

2 686 245 978 

Ceiling 

Margin 

2 467 000 000 

188 170 241 

2 467 000 000 

188 170 241 

5. 

Security and Defence 

1 709 261 441 

670 628 243 

1 709 261 441 

670 628 243 

Ceiling 

Margin 

1 805 000 000 

95 738 559 

1 805 000 000 

95 738 559 

16 247 000 000 

10 811 039 356 

450 000 000 

450 000 000 

16 697 000 000 

11 261 039 356 

6. 

Neighbourhood  and 
the World 

Of which under 
Flexibility Instrument 

0 

450 000 000 

Ceiling 

16 247 000 000 

Margin 

0 

12 

450 000 000 

16 247 000 000 

0 

 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Budget 2021 (incl. AB 1-3/2021, 
DABs 4-5/2021) 

Draft Amending Budget 
6/2021 

Budget 2021 (incl. AB 1-3/2021, 
DABs 4-6/2021) 

7. 

European 
Administration 

Public 

10 442 813 002 

10 444 088 091 

10 442 813 002 

10 444 088 091 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

Ceiling 

10 635 000 000 

Margin 

192 186 998 

10 635 000 000 

192 186 998 

which: 

of 
Administrative 
expenditure  of 
institutions 

the 

8 030 324 720 

8 031 599 809 

8 030 324 720 

8 031 599 809 

Sub-ceiling 

8 216 000 000 

Sub-margin 

185 675 280 

8 216 000 000 

185 675 280 

Appropriations for 
headings 

163 142 969 411 

164 971 618 256 

473 487 290 

163 616 456 701 

164 971 618 256 

Ceiling  

163 483 000 000 

166 140 000 000 

163 483 000 000 

166 140 000 000 

Of which under 
Flexibility Instrument 

292 422 534 

836 562 086 

470 000 000 

450 000 000 

762 422 534 

1 286 562 086 

Margin 

632 453 123 

2 004 943 830 

628 965 833 

2 454 943 830 

Thematic special 
instruments 

3 216 749 598 

3 039 364 598 

3 216 749 598 

3 039 364 598 

Total appropriations  

166 359 719 009 

168 010 982 854 

473 487 290 

0 

166 833 206 299 

168 010 982 854 

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